Something to Think About
a blog on end of life
Taking care of someone at the end of life is different than taking care of someone who is going to get better. Most people don’t understand this and aren't familiar...
Twenty-five years ago there was no information available for families about the dying process. One woman changed that. Barbara Karnes, RN, has dedicated the last 32 years of her life...
Hospice of Southern Maine Death Expert Barbara Karnes, RN Talks with Hospice of Southern Maine About Self Care During Covid-19 May 22, 2020 An on-line, live conversation with Barbara Karnes...
During a time of minimized in-person connection and reduced eye contact, expressing our humanity builds a trust that is so needed right now.
“Birth and death are the only two universal experiences in the human condition.” So writes Barbara Karnes, RN who noticed, after her experience at the bedside of hundreds of people...
Episode 3 The Heart of Hospice welcomes hospice icon Barbara Karnes back to share her message of encouragement and hope with hospice professionals all over the world. Her warmth and compassion...
As much as we long for human contact, for social exchange other than phone or Zoom, it is not time yet. We are actually jeopardizing how quickly we can reconnect,...
One of the many lessons COVID-19 is teaching us is the precariousness of life. The need to do and say today, for tomorrow may be too late. Today is a...
When someone we care about, or someone we don’t care about, is dying it is scary and challenging to our idea of how life is supposed to be. Other people...
Our healthcare workers on the frontline of this pandemic are facing challenges they didn’t sign up for when they chose to work in the medical arena. They didn’t expect to be...
Open to Hope Do you have a family member who has recently died? Due to visitation restrictions, sheltering in, and social distancing bereaved families are experiencing isolation and loneliness. Barbara...
Barbara Karnes, R.N., nationally known writer and hospice nurse, joins us for our monthly show "Grief at the End of Life."
Ask A Death Doula On this episode of "Ask a Death Doula", I have the great pleasure of interviewing Barbara Karnes RN. Enjoy this lively discussion from this expert about...
Dying from the coronavirus is considered a gradual death (due to disease), but it can happen rapidly. There is a process that occurs with gradual death. Certain things happen at...
At the end of life, there is so much mystery, so much we don't know. But because of the work of Barbara Karnes, we do have a map of the...
Are we taking better care of our dying family members than we were 30 years ago? It’s a question I ask end of life expert, Barbara Karnes RN on today’s episode. She...
When we think of dynamics we usually think of something like space travel or underwater exploration. The time evolution of physical processes not generally used when we think about dying,...
“We want to give loved ones who are sick or dying everything we think they want — but we can’t,” said Barbara Karnes, 78, an end-of-life educator and hospice nurse...
Help Choose Home Podcast Although death is an experience that we all share, it is a topic that is largely taboo, and for which people are often wholly unprepared. Barbara...
Grief 2 Growth will examine how the greatest tragedies of life often are opportunities for the most advancement. Planted, not buried is the motto of Grief 2 Growth. Unless a...
Deanna Cochran interviews Award winning author and nurse, Barbara Karnes has seen the evolution of the hospice movement from the beginning and has seen what is working and what is...
